Digit-al Dozen Does 5th Birthday; Day 1!

It's the Digit-al Dozen's 5th Birthday!!  Our theme this month is all about 5's ....or birthday's...however, it is interpreted by all the members!  

For my first mani, I did "It's 5 o'clock Somewhere!"  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient using Nicole by OPI Hit The Lights, Nars Ethno Run Left and Nicole by OPI Please Red-cycle.

Applied KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped images from Chez Marin 004 (thumb and pinky), Delaney Marin 004 (boat on ring and sun on middle), Lina Coffee, Tea or Gonuts! (words on middle), Nailsways ABC 123 (number on middle), and Chez Marin 003 (footprints on middle, seagulls on ring and index and palm trees on index), using Mdu 2.  I had also applied a coat of CND Stickey to help application as the Chez plates are shallow and dry very fast.

Chez Marin 004

Lina Coffee, Tea or Gonuts!

Chez Marin 003

Applied a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 1 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Back to School Time!!!

Today is the first day of school for kids in my area!  I know, all parents are singing, "It's the most wonderful time of the year!!!!"  I can't believe that it's the last year of school for my youngest child! How time has flied! Only 10 more months of having to get up early and then I've done my parental duty of seeing all three kids off to school for the last 18 or so years! Wahooo!!!!   This is what I came up with for back to school nails!

Started with a base of skittles; polishes used starting at thumb and going clockwise are Nars Ethno Run Left, Nicole by OPI Hit the Lights, OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, Zoya Tilda and Zoya Robyn.  All are two coats except the NOPI which was thin and streaky and needed a third for coverage and Zoya Tilda which was good for coverage but I nicked the tip and just filled it, then added another coat to level.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I had made a bunch of stamper decals using images from plates and acrylic paints.  

Applied stamper decals.  Images are from Moyra-16 Memories16 (thumb), MJ JR-2 (index), Creative Shop 12 (middle), Cheeky Top of the Class Jumbo 4 (ring) and FAB UR NAILS FUN-WON (pinky).

Creative Shop 12

 Applied top coat.

Decided to add a few more images; added words on middle from Infinity Nails 76, then added 'learn' from MJ XL II on ring and 'play' from FAB UR NAILS FUN-WON on ring.  Added a few dots on the dress on the pinky.

Decided to add a few dots for filler using same colours of base.

 Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I hope your morning was uneventful if it was your kids first day back!  Ours went well; got up on time, no hiccups and the bus even picked up DS2 on time....last year, the bus forgot him the first day of school so we are already ahead of the game!

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Nars 2010 Vintage Collection + HB Plates 16-20

So a while back, I had preordered the Nars 2010 Vintage Collection. You know the one, with the eagerly anticipated Zulu. Wellllll, it came in Tuesday and I was at Holts first thing Wednesday morning-they told me I was the first to get them in the store!

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l to r above- Full Metal Jacket, Midnight Mission, Mash, King Kong, Zulu

Sorry the images are not that good as overcast here most of the day!




I love Midnight Mission and King Kong best, but decided to do my mani in Full Metal Jacket.



Then topped with OPI ds shimmer.

And stamped, of course! Used Konad black special polish, HB plates 17 and 18. I absolutely "Love" the large star image in this mani. And can't wait to use "Love" more around Valentine's Day.

Oh, I almost forgot the image plates - hb 16 to 20!

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